So we all got the flu shots. I have liver problems and DD has a couple heart issues so it was really recommended. Well I woke up today with flu-like symptoms, and since two kids in DS hockey class have tested positive for influenza A, I went to my internist this afternoon. He said it sounds like the flu so after an exam he did a flu test (ouch!!!!!!!). It came back negative. So then he says well, the flu test is not accurate if it is early in or sometimes its just not accurate to about 28% so lets just start you on Tamiflu anyhow because the flu will hospitalize you.

So ... I had the shot, which is 63% effective and the flu test which is 62% accurate and I am still miserable on meds. Ugh..... I HATE the medical field. Truly.

I have never gotten a flu shot, and had the flu the first time this year. I told my husband they have GOT to get a better way to test for it too....I actually ended up crying in the dr office after they shoved that thing up both sides of my nose because it was so painful.

My dh has chronic respiratory problems, so he gets the flu shot annually. He wanted me and the two kids still at home to get the shot, so even though none of the three of us had ever gotten one before, we did over a week ago. So far, so good.

My dh has bronchitis right now. So far none of us have had the flu.

I hope Tamifu helps. We all took that a few years ago when my dh had the flu. No one caught it from him, but maybe it was the extreme quarantine. He was barricaded by himself in the master bedroom for a week.

I have never gotten a flu shot, and had the flu the first time this year. I told my husband they have GOT to get a better way to test for it too....I actually ended up crying in the dr office after they shoved that thing up both sides of my nose because it was so painful.

If I remember correctly, my neighbor who was required to get the flu shot (since she works in an urgent care) said that the A strain was not in the shot and thats the strain that is going around and affecting everyone this year more so than any of the others.... I could be wrong, and I know at some point they "updated" the shot, but I don't know when...but this is exactly why I don't do the flu shot... They GUESS at what strains are goingt o be big and try to prevent people from getting it, but I don't think they've ever truly been right. My neighbor was also out of work for 2 weeks because she got the flu so badly - the strain not covered in the original shot. Hope you feel better soon!!